"King of crabs" is the butter crab sick? How much is it per jin? What's the difference between ointment crab and paste crab?

Butter crab is a rare and expensive kind of crab in our country. It is famous for the yellow oil that can be seen in the joints such as crab lid and crab claws. It is known as the "king of crabs". It is generally difficult to buy, and some people have not even heard of this kind of crab at all. is the butter crab sick? How much is it per jin? What's the difference between ointment crab and paste crab?

Is it a sick crab?

No, because at the beginning, the butter crab was only treated as a sick crab or mixed crab in the paste crab, and it could not be steamed or baked with salt alone, because it would be complained by guests about "paste dispersion and oil leakage" and could only be kicked out for Sautéed Crab or porridge. I don't know who found its delicacy, accepted it, recommended it, touted it, and began to become popular. In the 1990s, the butter crab walked out of Lau Fau Shan and entered some high-end restaurants in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. "Rich to Rich" is the most heartfelt dream of the people of Hong Kong, and the butter crab is at the right time. First of all, it is sought after by Hong Kong diners: "covering the beauty of aggregates in order to feed my glutton". Then, as a newly eaten precious crab species, it has become a favorite dish for diners from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and other places, and has been given the laudatory name of "king of crabs." the price soared to the top of all the crabs. It is a good time to taste after the Dragon Boat Festival and before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The latest price of butter crab:

The top buttered crabs can be sold for 2000 yuan each.

Butter crabs are generally divided into three grades A, B and C.

Generally speaking, the price of more than 5 taels of A-grade butter crabs is more than 450 yuan, B-grade can also sell more than 300 /, and poor-quality C-grade butter crabs also sell 200 / each.

The reason why butter crab is expensive is not only because it is delicious, but also because its number is extremely rare. It is said that an average of 100 greasy crabs produce one wild butter crab, and because of the abnormal variation, the survival time of the butter crab is very short, usually only two and a half months before the Mid-Autumn Festival in late May of the lunar calendar. Now most of the crabs on the market are semi-wild butter crabs raised in captivity.

The difference between green crabs and green crabs:

The predecessor of the butter crab is the paste crab, which belongs to the female green crab, so its appearance is the same as the paste crab. The difference is that the color of the steamed crab body is between red and yellow, and yellow oil can be seen on the crab lid and crab claw joints. Butter crab is a precious crab species newly eaten in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and other places recently. It is famous in the south and has the laudatory name of "king of crabs".

The number of butter crabs is small and expensive, so the market will be filled with some "fake butter crabs". In fact, they are not inferior products, but most of them are of better quality, but the real butter crabs have the following characteristics: they are full, clean and heavy-handed. The whole body is golden yellow, especially the claws and navel, showing a bright yellow, it seems that butter can leak at any time.

Before cooking the butter crab, the crab must be drunk with aged flower carving wine and salt water. In this way, the oil leakage of the butter crab can be prevented from breaking its claws when it is struggling in the heat, and the most essential part is preserved.